BLOGTO: Vscode extension to help you post blogs to, Dev.to, Hashnode and Medium

BlogTo is a vscode extension which helps your post your ideas to medium.com, hashnode.com, and dev.to

Beta release. Extension may have some issue or bugs.

Why BlogTo was build :

• Create a utility tool to let people blog faster
• Avoiding the friction
• Giving enough features and flexibility.

Features (0.6.1):

1. Post blogs to dev.to, medium and hashnode
2. Simple UI
3. Good feedback.
4. Simple to set up

Setup up :

1. Download the extension here

2. Click on the config button, set up the api tokens for medium, dev.to and hashnode.

   • This will fetch user data and save it localSession in vscode.

3. Open any markdown files in Vscode and Start posting blogs.

4. Issues and Error

   • github here

Upcoming Features,Bugs, issues and possible solutions.

1. Image uploading
   • Extract all the image tags, uploading them on the platform via api, get the image url and replace them in the markdown.
2. There is a limit of 10 requests per 30 seconds.(dev.to)
3. Posting as organisation

Alternative to BlogTo:

• CLI tool for cross posting
  • https://github.com/shahednasser/cross-post
  • read here for setup : here
• Chrome Extension plugin
  • https://codewrite.io/
• Website Service ( a whole package )
  • https://crossxpost.app/

Will be writing an extended version on blogto. Do let me know if you guys face any issue or have any feedback.